Carrie was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #20 in 1880 but is far less common today.
Carrie is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,726 for girl births in the United States (and #4,801 across all names), given to 63 babies. Carrie first appears in 1880 and peaked in 1977 (8,661 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | #2,726 | — |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | #3,024 | — |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | #2,593 | — |
| 2022 | 68 | 68 | #2,582 | — |
| 2021 | 77 | 77 | #2,348 | — |
| 2020 | 83 | 83 | #2,175 | — |
| 2019 | 93 | 93 | #2,047 | — |
| 2018 | 115 | 115 | #1,778 | — |
| 2017 | 130 | 130 | #1,655 | — |
| 2016 | 143 | 143 | #1,562 | — |
| 2015 | 126 | 126 | #1,685 | — |
| 2014 | 150 | 150 | #1,490 | — |
| 2013 | 177 | 177 | #1,324 | — |
| 2012 | 154 | 154 | #1,470 | — |
| 2011 | 152 | 152 | #1,472 | — |
| 2010 | 181 | 181 | #1,300 | — |
| 2009 | 236 | 236 | #1,082 | — |
| 2008 | 264 | 264 | #1,002 | — |
| 2007 | 268 | 268 | #995 | — |
| 2006 | 308 | 308 | #865 | — |
| 2005 | 304 | 304 | #835 | — |
| 2004 | 311 | 311 | #808 | — |
| 2003 | 345 | 345 | #740 | — |
| 2002 | 321 | 321 | #752 | — |
| 2001 | 430 | 430 | #588 | — |
| 2000 | 536 | 536 | #503 | — |
| 1999 | 582 | 582 | #457 | — |
| 1998 | 629 | 629 | #420 | — |
| 1997 | 744 | — | #368 | — |
| 1996 | 876 | — | #321 | — |
| 1995 | 897 | — | #310 | — |
| 1994 | 1,012 | — | #276 | — |
| 1993 | 1,117 | — | #248 | — |
| 1992 | 1,285 | — | #221 | — |
| 1991 | 1,465 | — | #204 | — |
| 1990 | 1,708 | — | #170 | — |
| 1989 | 1,968 | — | #148 | #4,560 |
| 1988 | 2,209 | — | #132 | #7,442 |
| 1987 | 2,403 | — | #119 | #3,554 |
| 1986 | 2,571 | — | #109 | #3,468 |
| 1985 | 2,949 | — | #96 | #5,222 |
| 1984 | 3,710 | — | #78 | #2,542 |
| 1983 | 4,317 | — | #65 | #2,346 |
| 1982 | 5,205 | — | #57 | #2,523 |
| 1981 | 5,112 | — | #55 | #2,584 |
| 1980 | 5,790 | — | #46 | #1,913 |
| 1979 | 6,373 | — | #41 | #2,479 |
| 1978 | 7,345 | — | #35 | #1,873 |
| 1977 | 8,688 | — | #28 | #1,864 |
| 1976 | 8,016 | — | #28 | #1,939 |
| 1975 | 7,876 | — | #29 | #2,075 |
| 1974 | 6,453 | — | #42 | #2,370 |
| 1973 | 5,857 | — | #46 | #1,935 |
| 1972 | 5,435 | — | #53 | #2,550 |
| 1971 | 6,001 | — | #55 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 4,998 | — | #73 | #2,001 |
| 1969 | 3,895 | — | #94 | #3,644 |
| 1968 | 3,987 | — | #86 | #3,141 |
| 1967 | 3,204 | — | #107 | #2,802 |
| 1966 | 2,476 | — | #142 | — |
| 1965 | 2,492 | — | #152 | #3,015 |
| 1964 | 2,985 | — | #134 | #2,686 |
| 1963 | 2,823 | — | #143 | #3,696 |
| 1962 | 3,040 | — | #141 | #2,876 |
| 1961 | 3,187 | — | #139 | #2,925 |
| 1960 | 3,160 | — | #139 | #2,703 |
| 1959 | 2,969 | — | #145 | #2,850 |
| 1958 | 2,599 | — | #155 | #2,032 |
| 1957 | 2,161 | — | #175 | #4,066 |
| 1956 | 1,536 | — | #208 | #3,257 |
| 1955 | 1,218 | — | #233 | #3,238 |
| 1954 | 1,315 | — | #221 | #3,205 |
| 1953 | 1,290 | — | #224 | #2,936 |
| 1952 | 1,115 | — | #235 | #3,814 |
| 1951 | 1,070 | — | #238 | #3,791 |
| 1950 | 981 | — | #241 | #3,370 |
| 1949 | 1,113 | — | #222 | #3,359 |
| 1948 | 1,174 | — | #212 | — |
| 1947 | 1,177 | — | #218 | #3,125 |
| 1946 | 1,082 | — | #219 | #2,290 |
| 1945 | 992 | — | #199 | #2,781 |
| 1944 | 1,028 | — | #197 | #2,664 |
| 1943 | 1,142 | — | #192 | #3,270 |
| 1942 | 1,195 | — | #185 | #2,742 |
| 1941 | 1,041 | — | #183 | #2,223 |
| 1940 | 1,105 | — | #176 | #2,096 |
| 1939 | 1,088 | — | #176 | #2,073 |
| 1938 | 1,138 | — | #179 | #1,832 |
| 1937 | 1,195 | — | #172 | #1,585 |
| 1936 | 1,190 | — | #166 | #2,903 |
| 1935 | 1,291 | — | #158 | #2,043 |
| 1934 | 1,271 | — | #158 | #2,289 |
| 1933 | 1,277 | — | #150 | #1,780 |
| 1932 | 1,409 | — | #145 | #2,210 |
| 1931 | 1,326 | — | #148 | #1,593 |
| 1930 | 1,480 | — | #145 | #1,981 |
| 1929 | 1,527 | — | #148 | #1,858 |
| 1928 | 1,666 | — | #140 | #2,286 |
| 1927 | 1,805 | — | #139 | #2,056 |
| 1926 | 1,880 | — | #138 | #1,732 |
| 1925 | 2,051 | — | #134 | #1,459 |
| 1924 | 2,065 | — | #135 | #2,249 |
| 1923 | 1,941 | — | #134 | #2,646 |
| 1922 | 2,131 | — | #122 | #2,651 |
| 1921 | 2,094 | — | #126 | #2,398 |
| 1920 | 2,119 | — | #121 | #2,631 |
| 1919 | 2,199 | — | #111 | #1,762 |
| 1918 | 2,142 | — | #113 | #2,418 |
| 1917 | 2,084 | — | #109 | #2,446 |
| 1916 | 2,175 | — | #103 | #1,864 |
| 1915 | 1,983 | — | #103 | #1,889 |
| 1914 | 1,808 | — | #91 | #2,124 |
| 1913 | 1,527 | — | #90 | #1,823 |
| 1912 | 1,587 | — | #82 | #2,078 |
| 1911 | 1,289 | — | #78 | #1,304 |
| 1910 | 1,390 | — | #70 | #1,130 |
| 1909 | 1,282 | — | #66 | #1,298 |
| 1908 | 1,249 | — | #66 | #892 |
| 1907 | 1,294 | — | #61 | #827 |
| 1906 | 1,194 | — | #62 | #1,138 |
| 1905 | 1,295 | — | #58 | #1,015 |
| 1904 | 1,286 | — | #54 | #1,084 |
| 1903 | 1,261 | — | #52 | #796 |
| 1902 | 1,376 | — | #50 | — |
| 1901 | 1,252 | — | #48 | #1,076 |
| 1900 | 1,717 | — | #48 | #1,188 |
| 1899 | 1,354 | — | #46 | #794 |
| 1898 | 1,376 | — | #47 | #1,149 |
| 1897 | 1,371 | — | #46 | #961 |
| 1896 | 1,396 | — | #45 | #836 |
| 1895 | 1,463 | — | #42 | — |
| 1894 | 1,458 | — | #39 | #975 |
| 1893 | 1,464 | — | #36 | #544 |
| 1892 | 1,593 | — | #35 | #1,091 |
| 1891 | 1,350 | — | #36 | #714 |
| 1890 | 1,518 | — | #29 | #755 |
| 1889 | 1,553 | — | #27 | #891 |
| 1888 | 1,653 | — | #24 | #939 |
| 1887 | 1,344 | — | #23 | — |
| 1886 | 1,403 | — | #21 | #777 |
| 1885 | 1,288 | — | #22 | #959 |
| 1884 | 1,250 | — | #22 | #995 |
| 1883 | 1,108 | — | #21 | — |
| 1882 | 1,043 | — | #22 | #856 |
| 1881 | 964 | — | #20 | #801 |
| 1880 | 957 | — | #20 | #691 |